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		planetguy on May 31, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dragon has successfully achieved splashdown What a Soyuz landing looks like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4XVhoezrzM If you believe SpaceX's concept videos they're gonna do it without parachutes. I have no idea why, though. Parachutes are good. Perhaps they're just thinking ahead, because they want an all-purpose capsule that can land on the Moon just as well as the Earth.

pyre on May 31, 2012 | [–]

Think Mars instead of Moon. Musk has stated that he wants to take this all the way to Mars.

ricardobeat on May 31, 2012 | [–]

That didn't look like a "soft touchdown" at all!

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